Portable gaming platforms for the budget-conscious

From: New Straits Times | Date: January 31, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Hazimin Sulaiman
New Straits Times
01-31-2005
Portable gaming platforms for the budget-conscious
Byline: Hazimin Sulaiman
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Ahead

MANY young parents find it difficult to meet with their growing children's wants with the ever increasing myriad of electronic toys and gaming products appearing in retail outlets and toy stores.

We are already seeing on our shores the newest offerings from Nintendo and Sony; for example, the RM999 dual-screen Nintendo DS, and the almost RM3,000 Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable).
Before that were other popular platforms such as the ...

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